Tickets for major venues in Glasgow are available from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. Mon-Sat 10.30am until 6.30pm in person or until 9pm by phone on 0141 227 5511. Sunday opening is noon-5pm. Any Ticket Link box office can sell tickets for other venues.

Space/A Man With Guts Until Fri 26 Sep. 8pm. £5 (£2). John Byrne -— not the Scottish playwright and painter but the Irish poet — reads from various darkly humorous. confessional monologues on subjects ranging from childhood in Dublin to modern-da lrish politics.

Dub Lines Triple Bill Fri 3 Oct. 8pm. £5 (£2). A triple-whammy of top ln'sh wordsmiths in this extensive performance poetry season from the CCA. Tonight‘s

trio numbers Cathal O’Searcaigh. who has brought lrish language out of the closet with his candidly homo-erotic poems; Katie Donovan. who is known for her challenging new poetry and prose; and Siobhan Campbell. a new voice emerging from the Dublin poetry scene. Dermot Bolger 8t Eamon Sweeney Sat 4 Oct. 8pm. £5 (£2). A rare appearance by one of Ireland‘s greatest living writers. Dermot Bolger. who is joined here by new ln'sh voice Eamon Sweeney. who reads from his critically acclaimed debut novel Waiting For The Healer.

Not taking it lying down: The Brewster Sisters in The Gold Of Thomas Vargas

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Oct. 8pm. £7 (£4). Rubber liar Productions return for a bit of ‘ows yer Souvlaki. in this farcical comedy about Weegie lassies Moira and Sadie and their fun in the sun (circa 1978) with Yurgos and Sotiris the masterful. medallion- sporting Greeks.

3pm & 7.30pm. £5—£18.50(conc available). The classic stage musical that takes a jazzed-up journey through the Bible story of Joseph. his eleven brothers and that coat of many colours. This production comes straight from the West End. as they say in showbiz.

Still A Bigot Until Sat 4 Oct. Mon-Fri 7.30pm; Sat 6pm & 8.40pm. £9.50—£5. James Barclay (writer of Paras Over The Barras) turns his attention to the favourite Scottish pastime of football bigotry, in this new comedy based on the character of devoted ’Gers fan Andra Thomson. whose life‘s ambitions of being accepted into the Orange Lodge and becoming a Freelnason keep evading him. Still a chance of being buried at lbrox Park though. so there‘s hope yet.

Shehallion - A Scottish Gathering Wed 8-«Sun 26 Oct (not Mon 13 & 20 Oct). Mon—Sat 7.30pm: Sun 7pm; Wed & Sat nlat 2.30pm. £10—£25. It was only a matter of time before Scotland conjured up its answer to the box-office hit Riverdance, and here it is. in all its finery. Making its world premiere in the SECC‘s new Armadillo building. the £1 million music and dance extravaganza boasts an original score by 25-year-old Scot Douglas Whyte and a cast of 56 performers. including 20 dancers. 10 singers. a contemporary band. world drumming champion Jim Kilpatrick and Glasgow actress Hazel Ann Crawford ill the role of Warrior Queen Of Skye. See Frontlines. page 2.